David Roberts at Gristmill went to the RNC convention and observed that the GOP has three different views on energy: “what the pols and power brokers believe, what they tell the base, and what they tell the elite media and political establishment.”

Also at Gristmill, Marianne Lavelle digs into the money and people behind Newt Gingrich’s American Solutions for Winning the Future.

Andrew B. Einhorn at Oh My Gov! covers a report that calls for a $100 billion investment to create two million green jobs – and notes that while $100 billion may seem like a lot, it’s $68 billion less than the recent stimulus package.